Lucy Brook Articles

How to Maximise Student Numbers in Challenging Economic Times

Over the next decade, school pupil numbers are set to fall in both primary and secondary settings, with primary numbers falling more dramatically. Projections show a drop of around 30,000 primary school pupils between 2020 and 2026, plus a decline in the number of...

Want A Really Smooth Enrolment Day?

Although Year 12 enrolment day happens every year and schools have developed many quick and efficient processes to make the day as smooth as possible, there are always new challenges and new ways of managing things.

Steady the financial ship with a full Sixth Form 

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the digital transformation of school processes has been staggering. There has been rapid adoption of software to ease workloads teachers and support staff experience. From homework to safeguarding to admissions - all areas of...

Ensure Your School Meets ESFA Audits on Post-16 Bursary Funding

Through feedback from the schools we work with, we have gained a strong understanding of the process involved in administering post-16 bursaries for 6th Form students in maintained sector schools. Many schools informed us that the process is time-consuming and carries...

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This term, schools can finally hold a 'real' open evening and welcome prospective pupils and parents back into school. There is no doubt Open Evenings are big deal! They provide prospective families with the opportunity to see a school's facilities up close and to...

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Applicaa Announces Technical Integration with Arbor

Applicaa Announces Technical Integration with Arbor

Today Applicaa announces it has completed full technical integration with Arbor MIS, the fastest-growing school management information system currently on the market. This means data entered into Applicaa's Admissions+ software platform can now be seamlessly...

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Applicaa Releases Bursary+

Applicaa Releases Bursary+

Widening participation is a key area for the independent school sector and bursaries have long been the means by which schools are able to make places available to families who would otherwise have been unable to fund a place.  According to the Independent Schools...

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Primary School Preparations

Primary School Preparations

With primary allocation days fast approaching in April, could Admissions+ be the platform you need to smooth the process of collecting additional reference forms and to manage the enrolment into your school? Although parents are not able to visit schools in advance as...

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